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JOB (ONFROY DE BRÉVILLE, Jacques, known as). BOUCHOT.
See original version (French)
149
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JOB (ONFROY DE BRÉVILLE, Jacques, known as). BOUCHOT.
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
JOB (ONFROY DE BRÉVILLE, Jacques, known as). BOUCHOT.
L’Épopée ou Costume Militaire Français. Original watercolours and drawings by Job.
Paris, Société Française d’Editions d’Art, 1898.
Small folio. Richly illustrated cardboard binding in the publisher’s Empire green morocco (some slight wear).
Description:
First edition.
A fine publication illustrated with colour plates printed in serpentine style and numerous black-and-white figures within the text, engraved by Raymond, Ducourtioux and Huillard, depicting military uniforms from the Gauls to the Second Empire.
A sumptuously illustrated first edition covering French military campaigns and uniforms, with a focus on Napoleon and the Imperial Grand Army.
Covers adorned with allegorical decoration.
EMPIRE.
Also included:
CHEZELLES, H. de, Viscount.
L’Homme de cheval. 3rd ed.
Paris, Hachette, 1894.
In-12, contemporary brown shagreen. A fine copy.
Handwritten note: “Given by the Count of Bestion? 15 November 1935”.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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